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: a wingless bloodsucking hemipterous bug (especially Cimex lectularius) sometimes infesting houses and especially beds and feeding on human blood
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The walls were lined with thousands of bedbugs, many dead, some alive.
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John Johnston, The Enquirer, 6 Dec. 2024
Proving that bedbugs transmit human disease would mean demonstrating three key things: first, that those microorganisms can survive and thrive in the body of a bedbug.
—Kristen V. Brown, The Atlantic, 4 Dec. 2024
While everyone believes in bedbugs, the same cannot be said for ghosts.
—Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 25 Oct. 2024
Pest control later confirmed the insects in question were bedbugs, according to the email.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 25 Sep. 2024
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John Johnston, The Enquirer, 6 Dec. 2024
Proving that bedbugs transmit human disease would mean demonstrating three key things: first, that those microorganisms can survive and thrive in the body of a bedbug.
—Kristen V. Brown, The Atlantic, 4 Dec. 2024
While everyone believes in bedbugs, the same cannot be said for ghosts.
—Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 25 Oct. 2024
Pest control later confirmed the insects in question were bedbugs, according to the email.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 25 Sep. 2024
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bedbug
noun
bed·bug
ˈbed-ˌbəg 
: a wingless bloodsucking bug sometimes infesting houses and especially beds
Medical Definition
bedbug
noun
bed·bug
ˈbed-ˌbəg
: a wingless bloodsucking bug (Cimex lectularius) sometimes infesting houses and especially beds and feeding on human blood
called also chinch
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